Example sentences of "[pron] tried [to-vb] him in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to engage him in conversation about the analogy between pottery and alchemy , and Laura prompted him to share ideas that had long been familiar to them both , but he showed little interest . |
| 2 | And when she tried to interest him in niente acqua , he laughed as he limped round his shelves serving several customers at once and , shrugging his high shoulders , said , ‘ Non c'è pioggia , non c'è acqua . ’ |
| 3 | We 've been criticised for bringing him in so late but we tried to bring him in earlier . |
| 4 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 5 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |